Recommended Practice for Basic Inspection Requirements—New Pipeline Construction

API RECOMMENDED PRACTICE 1169 FIRST EDITION, JULY 2013

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Contents

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1. Scope 1

2. Normative References 1

3. Terms, Definitions, and Abbreviations 3

   1. Terms and Definitions 3

   2. Abbreviations 3

4. Pipeline Construction Inspector Responsibilities 4

   1. Scope 4

   2. Owner/Operator Representative 4

   3. Quality Assurance 4

   4. Relationship with Contractors, Suppliers, and Vendors. 5

   5. Planning Activities 5

   6. Authority to Stop Work 5

   7. Reporting 5

   8. Documentation 5

   9. Public Relations 5

   10. Media Relations 5

   11. Safety 6

   12. Work Ethics 6

5. Personnel and General Pipeline Safety Requirements 6

   1. Scope 6

   2. Job Safety Analysis (JSA) 6

   3. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) 7

   4. Loss Prevention Systems 8

   5. Protective Measures for Radiation 8

   6. Job Site and Facility Security 9

   7. Required Work Permits 9

   8. Rigging and Lifting Safety 9

   9. Isolation of Hazardous Energy Sources 10

   10. Excavation, Trenching, and Boring Safety 10

   11. Confined Space Entry Requirements 11

   12. Atmospheric Testing 11

   13. Respiratory Protection 12

   14. Fall Prevention and Protective Systems 12

   15. Scaffolding and Ladders 12

   16. Use, Movement, Storage, and Inspection of Tools, Equipment, and Materials 12

   17. Facility, Commissioning, and Pre-start-up Review 14

   18. Regulatory Agency Inspections 14

   19. Vehicle Operation 14

6. Environmental and Pollution Control Requirements 15

   1. Scope 15

   2. Erosion, Sediment, and Runoff Control on the Pipeline ROW 15

   3. Federal, State, and Typical Local Environmental Permits 15

   4. Major Statutes 15

   5. Water Crossing Permits 16

   6. Use of Natural Water Sources 17

   7. Handling Contamination Issues 17

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7. General Pipeline Construction Requirements 18

   1. Scope 18

   2. Verification of Construction Personnel Qualifications 18

   3. ROW Inspection Requirements 19

   4. Locating and Marking Requirements 20

   5. ROW Preparation Requirements 21

   6. Ditching and Excavation Requirements 21

   7. Pipe Handling, Hauling, and Stringing Operations 24

   8. Piping Components, Materials, and Other Mainline Appurtenances 25

   9. Pipe Bending Operations 25

   10. Pipe Alignment and Welding Requirements 25

   11. Roadway, Railroad, and Other Crossings 26

   12. Waterway and Water Body Crossings. 27

   13. Corrosion Control Requirements 28

   14. Lowering in Requirements 28

   15. Backfill and Cleanup Requirements 29

   16. Pipeline Cleaning Requirements 30

   17. Internal Line Inspection Requirements 30

   18. Hydrostatic Pressure Testing Requirements 30

   19. Commissioning Requirements 32

   20. Documentation Requirements 32

   21. Inspector Tools for Communication and Documentation Requirements 32

Annex A (normative) Chief Inspector 33

Annex B (normative) Blasting Inspector 35

Annex C (normative) Horizontal Directional Drilling Inspector 36

Annex D (normative) Welding Inspector 39

Annex E (normative) Corrosion Control Inspector 42

Bibliography 44

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Recommended Practice for Basic Inspection Requirements— New Pipeline Construction

1. Scope

   This recommended practice (RP) covers the basic requirements and their associated references needed to perform inspection activities safely and effectively during construction of new onshore pipelines. Use of this document will provide the basis for what construction inspectors need to have a basic knowledge of and where to find detailed information related to each facet of new pipeline construction inspection activities.

   
   

   The requirements are organized into the following major sections:

   
   

   • inspector responsibilities,

     
     

   • personnel and general pipeline safety,

     
     

   • environmental and pollution control,

     
     

   • general pipeline construction inspection.

   
   

   Users of this document include those individuals either engaged in pipeline construction inspection or seeking to become certified inspectors. Pipeline owner/operators and pipeline inspection service companies may also use this document to aid and enhance their inspector training programs.

   
   

2. Normative References

The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.

API Specification 5L, Specification for Line Pipe

API Recommended Practice 5L1, Recommended Practice for Railroad Transportation of Line Pipe

API Recommended Practice 5LT, Recommended Practice for Truck Transportation of Line Pipe

API Recommended Practice 5LW, Recommended Practice for Transportation of Line Pipe on Barges and Marine Vessels

API Specification 6D, Specification for Pipeline Valves

API Recommended Practice 1102, Steel Pipelines Crossing Railroads and Highways, 2007 API Standard 1104, Welding of Pipelines and Related Facilities

API Recommended Practice 1109, Marking Liquid Petroleum Pipeline Facilities

API Recommended Practice 1110, Pressure Testing of Steel Pipelines for the Transportation of Gas, Petroleum Gas, Hazardous Liquids, Highly Volatile Liquids or Carbon Dioxide

API Publication 1157, Hydrostatic Test Water Treatment and Disposal (withdrawn)

Options for Liquid Pipeline Systems

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